Conclusion of God Helps Hezekiah

Hez-e-ki'ah is a good king.  He is not like the bad kings of the 10-tribe kingdom of Israel, or like his bad father king A'haz. Hez-e-ki'ah has been careful to obey all of Jehovah's laws.  So, after Hez-e-ki'ah finishes praying, the prophet Isaiah send him this message from Jehovah:  'The king of As-syr'i-a will not come into Jerusalem. None of his soldiers will come close to it.  They will not shoot a single arrow at the city.' 

Jehovah sent his angels  to As-syr'i-a  and in one night killed 185,000 As-syr'i-an soldiers. So the  king of As-syr'ia gives  up and goes back home.

The two-tribe kingdom is saved, and the people have peace for a while. But after Hez-e-ki'a dies his son Ma-nas'eh becomes king. Ma-nas'eh and his son A'mon after him are both very bad kings.  So again the land is filled with crime and violence. When King A'mon is murdered by his own servants, his son Jo-si'ah is made king of the two-tribe kingdom.

2 Kings 18:1-36; 19:1-37; 21:1-25.

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